Baseball

Baseball Splits on the Road Against Central Alabama CC

May 01, 2015

ALEXANDER CITY, Alabama – The Marion Military Institute baseball team took away one win in its doubleheader against Central Alabama Community College on Thursday afternoon. In what was scheduled to be a nine and a seven-inning contest, Marion lost game one, 9-5 in nine innings, before rallying to a 3-2 victory in eight innings in game two.

GAME 1 – MMI 5, CACC 9

Marion trailed in game one, 5-2, after the first inning of play. CACC plated two more runs in the second and fourth innings to keep the game out of reach for the Tigers. Marion scored once in the third, fourth, and fifth innings.

Game two remained scoreless before both teams plated one run each in the seventh inning. Marion scored twice in the top of the eighth inning and then held the Trojans to just one run in the bottom half to secure the victory.

Freshman hurler Blake Teel pitched five scoreless innings, giving up just two hits and striking out one batter. Andrew Mask and Gabriel Nevala worked in relief for the Tigers. Mask allowed two hits and one run while Nevala walked two, struck out two, and gave up an unearned run.

Jonah Todd went 3-for-4 from the plate with an RBI. Matthew Duncan scored once, recording three hits on four plate appearances. Justin Bisharat went 2-for-4 with two runs. Alex Reyna had two hits for Marion in five plate appearances. Carson McGregory, Samuel Farley, and Chase Hamrick also finished with one hit apiece.

MMI is now 28-17 on the year, 14-10 in North ACCC play, heading into its final four games of the season. The Tigers will host Central Alabama CC for its Sophomore Day on Saturday, May 2, at Scott G. Davis Field. Game one of the doubleheader is scheduled to start at 12:00 p.m.